Packing-case.



No. 898,169. PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908. W. D. BALLOU. PACKING CASE. APPLICATION FILED JULY e, 1907.

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.UNITED s'rrirns PATEN ornion.

WILLIS D. BALLOU, .OF BELDING, MICHIGAN.

PACKING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. s, 190s.

Application led July 8, 1907. Serial No. 382,624.

Be it known that I, WiLLis D. BALLoU, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Belding, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulgIinprovenients in PackiiigCases; and I do hereby declare thelfollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description oi the invfention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.- f

My invention relates to improvements in acking cases and its object is to provide a ight, strong, and durable structure Jfor packing and shipping goods, that may berepeat- 'edly used without dainage'to the same;l and it consists essentially of the coinbinationand .arrangement of a .strong met-al frame, a heavy canvasv outer covering, and woven wire inner fabric; and in` the combination and arrangement of the same, as will more i 'fully a pear by reference to the accompany ing di wings, in which: Figure Lisa perspective of a packing case embodying my invention with portions broken away; i'g.2. Aa perspective of the frame of the same; l? ig. 3. a perspective of the canvas covering and the bottoni portion. of `the woven wire fabric and, Fig. Il. an enlarged detail in vertical section.

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In `v construding my device, I provide a strong l'raine prefcralfly of metal and hard wood as shown in Fig. 2., in which 1 repre sents strips of metal extending transversely at intervals across the bottom of the structure and thence upward in parallel lines at the sides. 2 lrepresents like strips arranged 'longitudinally of the bottom and thence eX- tcni'ling upward in parallel lines at the ends of the structure, the outer vertical members thereof extending opposite the corners of the canvas to protect the saine. At the top these vertical portions of the'inetalstrips 1 and 2 all terminate in the saine horizontal plane and are securely connected by a horizoniall arranged outer frame 3 and a like inner lraine l secured in any convenient manner. A

ABeneath each longitudinal strip 2 is a shoe or vsill 5 on `which the device is supported and slidable as occasion requires. llVithin this frame is a canvas covering (illustrated in Fig. 3L) made of rectangular pieces 6 and 7, the piece 6 being of a width equal to the length of also arranged a layer of Woven wire fabric 9 secured to the inner-frame 4 at the top'. Be-v tween this Wire fabric and the covering' and opposite each vertical member'of the strips 1 and '2 is arranged a stile 10, preferably of hard wood and of' the saine thickness as the traine el. The vertical portions of the canvas 6 and 7 securely fastened between these stiles '10 and the metal strips 6 and the wire fabric lining is also supported by the stiles 10 and secured thereto. I, thus provide a veryv strong, light and substantial structure also having the desirable quality of being impervious to dust, and moisture by virtue of the closely woven canvas covering. This receptacle is preferably providedwith some convenient closure for tlie'top as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Gbviously the described material may be varied by using other suitable materials without departing from my invention. So also W'ithin the' canvas coveringv land opposite the ends and sides thereof is wire fabric might be of' woven lat strips of either metal or wood, as preferred.

that I claim is: l

In a 'packing case the combination of spaced strips arranged transversely and longitudinally of the bottom and extending vertically at the sides and ends, an inner and outer frame secured to tlievupper ends of the vertical strips and spaced by the latter, a canvas' lining within the inner traine and secured thereto, said lining comprising two pieces arranged transversely. in the bottom with one piece extending vertically at the sides and the other piece extending vertically at the v ends, the' bottom piece of the lining also folded at the edges against the top piece along the bottoni angles and also at the corners and secured thereto, a Woven wire fabric between tlie bottom portions of the lining, stiles opposite the vertical strips and bearing against said lining, and woven wiret'abric bearing against; the inner faces of the side and end portlons of the lining and securod-wA said inner frame and also bearing againaxgthe inner surfaces of the sti1es,thc Woven Wire fabric at the sides and ends being independent of the Woven 'Wire fabric at the bottom of the case.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 'presence oi' two witnesses;

WILLIS D. BAELOU.

Wi messes R. A. REYNOLDS, J. V. WELLS. 

